An Edmonton high school teacher says he has been suspended for giving students zeros on uncompleted assignments or exams.
Lynden Dorval, a physics teacher at Ross Sheppard High School, has been giving the mark for work that wasn't handed in or tests not taken even though it goes against the school's "no-zero" policy.

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Parents are largely unaware of the policy, as teachers were instructed not to speak about it, he said.

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Other schools in the Edmonton public system also use no-zero marking, he said.

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Schools as far away as Ontario and Texas had also adopted, but later abandoned the philosophy.

This is precisely why I left Canada for greener pastures as an EFL teacher some two decades ago. I have ZERO tolerance for their educational system anymore as it discriminates against teachers and only favours students needs today!